News for ICT (IT & telecommunications) market

Leroy Merlin Polska on 4 April completed the deployment of Mobility, a mobile customer service platform. As part of the project, more than 9,000 Leroy Merlin employees – including the in-store staff at the company’s 55 branches in Poland – have been equipped with… »

Exatel, Polish telecommunications service provider, was acquired by the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland (MON) for PLN 368.5m (€87.2m). Last week Puls Biznesu announced that NASK, a research institute subordinate to the Ministry of Digital Affairs, and Polish Armaments… »

Polish manufacturer of 3D printers and filaments for SBM market and industry, Zortrax, generated PLN 14.3m (€3.4m) net profit in 2016, reports crn.pl. It was over 78% more in comparison with 2015. Sales revenues reached PLN 53.8m (€12.7m) and it was about 43% more than in 2015. Zortrax… »

The sales of mobile phones in the Czech Republic fell by 5% in 2016, according to GfK. It means that ca. 3.2m devices were sold last year in the Czech Republic. The sales of traditional phones dropped by one third, but on the other hand, there was an increase of 5% in the number of smartphones… »

About 6.7m inhabitants (76.5%) of the Czech Republic aged 16+ used the internet in 2016, reports itbiz.cz. The number of Czechs who have never used the internet reached about 1.6m. They were mainly unemployed, old or with basic education. About 77% of users surf the internet every day or almost… »

Polish people use contactless payments three times more frequently (23%) than other Europeans, according to the latest Mastercard’s report, Masterindex 2017. Poland is also the leader in everyday e-commerce use with 9%. It is 3 p.p. more than the European average. Bulgaria, another CEE… »

Over 50% of e-viewers in Poland are familiar with the concept of VoD, according to the survey conducted by MEC on a group of 1,000 internet users. About 35% of e-viewers pay for watching movies via the internet. Over half of Polish internet users know Netfix. ShowMax is a runner-up… »

Czech Telecommunication Office (CTO) earned over CZK 3.6bn (€133.2m) in 2016, reported itbiz.cz. It was nearly six times more in comparison with 2015, when the revenues reached CZK 537m (€19.9m). The most profitable areas included the auction of remaining frequencies in the 1800 MHz and… »

Apple, a top company selling consumer electronics and computer software, was found guilty of iPhones’ price fixing in Russia, reported the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Investigators accuse Apple of imposing prices on 16 Russian retailers who sell iPhones. Despite the fact that the… »

Opticon, Hungarian company providing internet, telephone and television services, plans to start an upgrade of internet networks in three Hungarian cities, according to MTI. The project will cost HUF 1.3bn (€4.2m), while almost 59% of the overall sum, HUF 766m (€2.5m), will be funded from… »